Editor’s note:
City Charter § 24 authorizes the Mayor to be the acting head of the Department of Public Service. Ohio R.C. 743.02 provides that the Director of Public Service of a city may make such bylaws and regulations as he or she deems necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management and protection of the city water works. Such bylaws and regulations shall have the same validity as ordinances when not repugnant thereto or to the Constitution or laws of the State of Ohio. The Director of Public Service pursuant to Ohio R.C. 743.03, shall manage, conduct and control the city water works, furnish supplies of water and collect water rents. The Director may assess and collect a water rent of sufficient amount and in such manner as he or she deems most equitable from all tenements and premises supplied with water, as provided by Ohio R.C. 743.04.
Rules and regulations governing the city’s Water Division operations, services and rates have been promulgated by the Mayor (as Director of Public Service) and are available for inspection at the office of the Water Division.
Section
923.01 Water service notice; service termination; restoration charge
923.02 Property seller to supply statement of status of water bill
923.03 Escrow agent not to disburse funds without statement
923.04 Rights of buyer
923.05 Tampering and interference with Water Division equipment and with facilities
923.06 Theft of water service
923.07 Tampering with other utility equipment or facilities
923.08 Mandatory approved water meter and remote reader requirement
923.09 Capital Improvement Fund
923.10 Backflow prevention devices
923.99 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Compulsory water connection, see CHTR. § 70; Ohio R.C. 729.06, 743.23
Power to provide and regulate water system, see Ohio R.C. 715.08, 717.01, 743.01
Street excavations, see Ch. 901
Tampering with fixtures or meters, see § 541.04
Water pollution, see Ohio R.C. 743.24 et seq.
Water sprinkling ban, see § 521.05
Water works mortgage revenue bonds, see Ohio R.C. 715.09 et seq.
Weekly deposit of water works money collected, see Ohio R.C. 743.06